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by jmtame 16y ago
it's not worth ruining your reputation over screwing a single investor especially in a deal this small. it's a small community and even if you found a way to trick the investor in this situation, it reflects very poorly on you. i'm sure t
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by jmtame 16y ago
sunfire offices are underrated (or maybe just not known well enough). next to y combinator, they're one of the best places a hacker can be in silicon valley.
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by jmtame 16y ago
might need a way to rate other people you dine with to address this, kind of how airbnb works
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by jmtame 16y ago
they compete with paypal because you fundamentally use paypal to send and receive money. it's a pretty basic function, except paypal sucks for doing that when you have groups. they don't explicitly say "we do group payments" but the fact
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by jmtame 16y ago
it depends on your assumptions. i updated some of the numbers, but if you have suggestions definitely feel free to add a comment.
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by jmtame 16y ago
i think a more realistic algorithm would detect how much coke is sold in a city, increase the demand+price appropriately based on some type of addiction multiplier, as well as increase the amount of police.
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by jmtame 16y ago
i went into it thinking the game used an algorithm of some type and i was surprised to find how simple it was. definitely not complex, mostly simple arithmetic.
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Math behind Dope Wars drug trading for profit(jmtame.posterous.com)
21 points by jmtame 16y ago|11 comments
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by jmtame 16y ago
does anyone know why the default location is cupertino in the ios simulator? i want to think it's because of speed (why take time to find your location during each run?), but i'm starting to wonder if it's because the difficulty in getting
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by jmtame 16y ago
im curious what caused you to write this post? did you read something in a book, or did you just think about a particular idea in the shower long enough to get inspired enough to write this? i'm always curious what the tipping point is fo
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by jmtame 16y ago
"In almost all European countries, immigrants from third world countries score lower than native born kids. Why? No one don’t know exactly why." might want to adjust this, has a double negative and feels awkward to read
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by jmtame 16y ago
so google is auir, bill gates is (was?) sarah kerrigan, and zuckerberg is jim raynor?
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by jmtame 16y ago
anecdotally, i always struggled focusing with caffeine. look into green tea; it's not only very healthy but it's more of a calm and alert type of focused, no jitters or bursts of energy. 3-5 cups seem to work best for me.
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by jmtame 16y ago
select * from users where email <> '' and email is not null
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by jmtame 16y ago
what, no love for bogosort?
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by jmtame 16y ago
but that's the point of wepay, it's group payment so you need to setup your group. in the long run, it makes tracking how much people owe each other much easier. they still processes payments. overall, it's a great alternative to paypal f
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by jmtame 16y ago
endlessvoid94
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by jmtame 16y ago
if you're a fan of python, keep your eye on djangy. those guys are sharp.
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by jmtame 16y ago
wepay should be on this list
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by jmtame 16y ago
the original story was split out into 8 pages and is bombarded with ads, i guess i can see why the print version was linked instead
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by jmtame 16y ago
maybe we just have a disagreement over what's appropriate to put in company blogs. maybe it's safer to stick with simple product updates and policy changes (and it probably is in most cases), but this is the type of stuff i like to see. i
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by jmtame 16y ago
agreed, they should do better at making sure you read this. but they shouldn't bury this somewhere EULA-style. that's an aside. the point is: they told him to check-in. their system is flawed. they took the time to hire someone to progra
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by jmtame 16y ago
why would they tell him he could check in on the return flight if this is such a common thing? why not a notification saying "you missed your first flight so we canceled everything. warning: don't come to the airport and try to check in,
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by jmtame 16y ago
why would an airline cancel your flight if you skip part of it? didn't you outright buy the tickets in the first place?
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by jmtame 16y ago
but it looks like he copied & pasted a lot of elements from other websites into his design he was using them as inspiration, i don't think he actually copied any ui elements (unsure about where he got the photographs, but it's common
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by jmtame 16y ago
Made me laugh: "animals? were a freaking zoo!"
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by jmtame 16y ago
i was really excited when they started construction on the building that houses those machines. it's finished now, but i was able to attend the less than glamorous pre-open house* =] * http://bit.ly/dkJiaZ , http://bit.ly/9mEo2e
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by jmtame 16y ago
i had 2 roommates in the same room
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by jmtame 16y ago
$300/month at palo alto hacker house if you don't mind roommates (who happen to be interested in startups too). i think i was paying ~$700/month at the mountain view hacker house.
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by jmtame 16y ago
i've convinced 40 year old adults to use foursquare and loopt because of the money they can save by redeeming the in-game coupons (these people are now #1 on my leader boards). it's actually fun if you try it out, although i didn't get tru

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